Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 1/2] Implement sysinfo on PowerPC.

From: Prerna Saxena <prerna(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2012 16:55:26 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Implement sysinfo on PowerPC. Libvirt on x86 parses 'dmidecode' to gather characteristics of host system, which are then reflected to libvirt users by virSysinfoRead(), invoked by 'virsh sysinfo'. This patch implements it on PowerPC by reading /proc/cpuinfo. The presently available fields in 'sysinfo' are strongly tied to dmidecode output fields. This patch attempts to retrofit the information available in PowerPC to appropriate sysinfo fields. I will be happy to change the organization of this information to if there are expected outputs for individual fields. (I couldnt find any documentation which explained what each sysinfo field was expected to convey.) TODOS: 1. Adding Memory DIMM information 2) Firmware (<bios>) details. 3) Expand <processor> tag to have more fields available. Example output on PowerPC : virsh # sysinfo <sysinfo type='smbios'> <system> <entry name='version'>PowerNV 8246-L2C</entry> <entry name='serial'>8246-L2C</entry> <entry name='family'>PowerNV</entry> </system> <processor> <entry name='socket_destination'>0</entry> <entry name='type'>POWER7 (raw), altivec supported</entry> <entry name='version'>2.3 (pvr 003f 0203)</entry> </processor> <processor> <entry name='socket_destination'>4</entry> <entry name='type'>POWER7 (raw), altivec supported</entry> <entry name='version'>2.3 (pvr 003f 0203)</entry> </processor> ......